#8E5CF6#8E5CF6

#8E5CF6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.219 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E5CF6
RGB	rgb(142, 92, 246)
HSL	hsl(259, 90%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 62.6%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.90, 53.74, -70.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.90, 88.40, 307.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.0885 -0.2004)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.219 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6125, 20.0581, 89.3769)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E5CF6 #C4F65C

analogous

#5C77F6 #8E5CF6 #DB5CF6

triadic

#8E5CF6 #F68E5C #5CF68E

tetradic

#8E5CF6 #F65C77 #C4F65C #5CF6DB

square

#8E5CF6 #F65C77 #C4F65C #5CF6DB

split-complementary

#8E5CF6 #F6DB5C #77F65C

monochromatic

#4A0BCC #6622F3 #8E5CF6 #B696F9 #DED0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#8E5CF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#8E5CF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E5CF6

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E5CF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E5CF6	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7180A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e5cf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 92, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.219 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b68dfa',
    500: '#8e5cf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e5cf6;
$custom-light: #b68dfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e5cf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.481,
    "s": 89.535,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60848,
    "c": 0.21904,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E5CF6

secondary

#E0F0BE

accent

#E6009B

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E5CF6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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